US Patent Issued to Hypertherm on March 24 for "Cost effective cartridge for a plasma arc torch" (New Hampshire, Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,051, issued on March 24, was assigned to Hypertherm Inc. (Hanover, N.H.).

"Cost effective cartridge for a plasma arc torch" was invented by Yu Zhang (Hanover, N.H.), Zheng Duan (Hanover, N.H.), Stephen T. Eickhoff (Hanover, N.H.), Garrett K. Quillia (Enfield, N.H.) and Brett Hansen (Mapleton, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adapter for a plasma arc torch comprising a torch body is provided. The adapter includes a body defining a longitudinal axis between a proximal end and a distal end and at least one protruding portion extending from the proximal end of the body. The at least one protruding portion is configured to be inser...